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Snowfall on Trees

The photo above showing a splendid wintry scene was taken from Novi, Michigan on December 16, 2005. A fresh snowfall of about 6 inches (15 cm) coated these deciduous and nearly everything else in a mantle of white. Most of this snow has now melted, as January has been thus far been a mild month in the Mid West and Eastern U.S.